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Today I’m marching with The People’s Walk for Wildlife. Billed as a celebration of life, it’s also a call to arms to stop the decline of many species, with a group of us – headed by Chris Packham – marching on Westminster with a manifesto for change.

As a country, we’re haemorrhaging our wildlife. Some species are already extinct while others, such as the hedgehog, soprano pipistrelle bat and several species of moth, are well on their way to extinction, having suffered declines of nearly 100 per cent in less than 50 years. Bees and butterflies are vanishing from previously abundant areas, skies are emptying of birds, bats and – crucially – their insect food. Time is running out to save them....